A problem that was here long before COVID-19 is opioid addiction and substance use disorders. The Oneida County Sheriff s Office is announcing another tragic surge in overdose cases and deaths.
The Oneida County Overdose Response Team announced Wednesday 18 overdoses and 4 overdose deaths over a 5-day period. Using their Overdoes Detection Mapping Application System, 18 suspected overdoses caused by heroin, cocaine and fentanyl were reported between December 30th, 2020 and January 3rd, 2021. Those 18 do not include the 4 deaths.
The triggering system alerts the task force of a spike of 4 or more cases in a 24-hour period. Officials say, during the time between New Year s Eve and New Year s Day 8 of the 18 overdoses were detected.